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Thousands of people extended from City Hall to Rampart Street past the Saenger Theater, beginning New Orleans? second edition of the Women?s March and joining hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S.

In 2017, New Orleans joined millions of women who were inspired to mobilize against newly minted President Donald Trump, misogyny in the executive office, his admission of sexual harassment and assault, and looming threats to women?s health care.

A year later on Jan. 20, many people returned to the march, once again donning pink *****hats and carrying colorful slogan-filled signs, or turned out to march for the first time. The Women?s March crowd and its speakers and organizers represent a broad political spectrum but encompass a platform for equal pay, equal access to health care, and emphasizing the importance of racial and economic justice as issues that impact women and families.

This year, coming off the heels of #MeToo and momentum behind exposing sexual abuse, the march aimed to have a sharper focus on intersectional feminism and centering the voices of women of color and transgender women, women working low-wage jobs, and currently and formerly incarcerated women.

?There was a time where I wouldn?t hold my head up, and I was afraid,? said Transition Louisiana?s Jada Cardona, among the first transgender women to be employed by the state.?